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Madhya Pradesh · PC 23 · 1996
Balaghat
Winner — Lok Sabha 1996
VISHVESHWAR BHAGAT
INC· INC
INC 30.2%BJP 30.0%21 others 39.9%
Votes
1,71,569
30.9% share
Winning margin
1,257
0.2% of votes
Total votes cast
5,68,630
Candidates
23
Seat history
All Candidates
23 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VISHVESHWAR BHAGAT | 1,71,569 | 30.9% | |
| 2 | GAURISHANKAR CHATURBHUJ BISEN | 1,70,312 | 30.7% | |
| 3 | KANKAR MUNJARE | KSM | 1,12,185 | 20.2% |
| 4 | DHRUVA RATANSINGH | IND | 29,656 | 5.3% |
| 5 | DOMANSINGH NAGPURE | 22,640 | 4.1% | |
| 6 | VIJAY BENIRAM VARE | 15,781 | 2.8% | |
| 7 | RAMRATAN BAHESHWAR | IND | 7,769 | 1.4% |
| 8 | MULAKRAJ | IND | 5,941 | 1.1% |
| 9 | VIKAS HAZARI | IND | 5,301 | 0.9% |
| 10 | SAMELAL SINGH | IND | 2,156 | 0.4% |
| 11 | PRAMOD BORKAR | IND | 1,870 | 0.3% |
| 12 | MEENU ADME | IND | 1,610 | 0.3% |
| 13 | VIJAY BHOJRAJ SURANA | IND | 1,452 | 0.3% |
| 14 | LEKHLAL MANBALE | IND | 1,402 | 0.3% |
| 15 | SWAMI KAMLANANDJI MAHARAJ | IND | 853 | 0.1% |
| 16 | GOVERDHAN PATLE ALIAS HITLER | IND | 809 | 0.1% |
| 17 | SAHEBLAL TEKAM | IND | 792 | 0.1% |
| 18 | KESRI VISHWAKARMA | IND | 699 | 0.1% |
| 19 | VIPIN | IND | 576 | 0.1% |
| 20 | KANWARLAL PANDURANG | IND | 564 | 0.1% |
| 21 | VINOD HEMRAJ DAHARVAL | IND | 506 | 0.1% |
| 22 | SUBODH DHOKE | IND | 384 | 0.1% |
| 23 | R.D. KATHANE | IND | 293 | 0.1% |
Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.
High turnout (5th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe0.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.1% · min 0.2% · max 34.9%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
75%
lowerhigher
5th of 29How crowded is the field?
SEAT
1.88
fewer partiesmore parties
25th of 29How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
13th of 29How often does it back the winner?
SEAT
neveralways
matches the ruling party
How did the vote split?
SEAT
1.88EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 30.9%BJP 30.7%KSM 20.2%IND 5.3%OTH 12.9%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
13,40,411
Density
242 / km²
Sex ratio
963 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,535 km²
SC population18.6%
ST population2.5%
Figures are for Mandsaur, this seat's primary district — it spans 3 districts.
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
89%HINDU
Hindu 89.0%Muslim 9.4%Other 1.7%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water35.4%
Electricity84.3%
Sanitation24.0%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births99.4%
Children fully vaccinated75.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER30.9%
Children underweight (under 5)22.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER56.7%
Women literate64.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER34.8%
Clean cooking fuel45.6%
Health insurance48.4%
What's nearby?
8 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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Pre-historic painted rock shelters Chaturbhuja Nala
🏛️MonumentASI
Pre-historic painted rock shelters Chaturbhuja Nala
Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.